In this episode, we explore how the articles of confederation collapsed. Imagine fighting a brutal multi -year war to escape a global empire. You bleed for independence, you secure the victory, and you finally establish your own nation. Right, the ultimate underdog story. Exactly. But then within a few short years the new government you build is just it's so incredibly weak that they can't even afford to pay the soldiers who won the war Yeah, which is a terrifying position to be in and it gets worse The borders are completely porous foreign powers are actively harassing your shipping and get this Neighboring states within your own country are waging bitter economic trade wars against each other like their rival nations, right? And that wasn't some dystopian nightmare scenario. That was the actual daily reality for the United States in 1780s. So welc ...